In December 2021, Russia issued an ultimatum to the United States and NATO to refuse to expand the Alliance and effectively cancel its expansion after 1997.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that in a conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin before the invasion, he assured him of Ukraine’s long-term NATO membership, Welt reports.
Asked why NATO members allegedly did not consider Russia’s security interests before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Scholz said: “NATO has never posed a threat to Russia.”
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He added that during negotiations before the start of a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, he assured Putin that Kyiv’s entry into the Alliance “will not happen in the next 30 years.”
Therefore, the German chancellor believes, Putin does not want to accept liberal and open societies in Europe and has “absolutely absurd” ideas – for example, he told Scholz that Belarus and Ukraine should not exist as separate states.
Recall that in December 2021, Russia issued an ultimatum to the United States and NATO to refuse to expand the Alliance and actually cancel its expansion after 1997. Later, the refusal to comply with these demands, including the alleged ‘y threat of invasion from Ukraine, which Moscow put forward as a pretext for launching a full-scale invasion.
Source: korrespondent
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